Stockli, Martin P., Ali, R. M., Cocke, C. L., Raphaelian, M. L. A., Richard, P., and Tipping, T. N.
The CRYogenic electron beam ion source at Kansas State University has been in operation since spring 1989. It produces up to Ar[sup 18+], Kr[sup 34+], and Xe[sup 44+] on a regular basis. Acceleration tubes and a beamline system were added during 1990. The ion source is mounted on a high voltage platform, which can be used to vary the ion energies between 2 and 200 kV per charge. The extraction-, analyzing-, and beamline systems were designed to accept a wide range of ion masses and charge states with the mass energy product (M·E/q²) stretching over four orders of magnitude. The system is used to study the low-energy highly charged ions interacting with electrons, atoms, thin foils, and surfaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]